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Join us for a naked lunch, a seaside bike ride in the buff, a paddle in the sea and a naturist beach picnic!

Brighton's sixth World Naked Bike Ride will take place on Sunday 12 June 2011. An astonishing 800-1,000 riders took part in 2010 (up from 700, 400, 180 and 160 in previous years). More are expected in 2011. As of the 2007 ride, following negotiations with Sussex Police, full nudity is permitted at the event.

The event will form the finale to a weekend of UK and worldwide rides, including nearby Portsmouth, Southampton and London the two days before, which will allow people to take part in four southern rides!

The ride forms part of local and national Bike Week (18–26 June 2011). It also celebrates Brighton's status as a Cycle Demonstration Town.

If you're interested in riding or getting involved, please join our Yahoo! discussion group. You can also sign up to our event listings at Facebook and Upcoming.

Join us!

Please donate to the WNBR UK Fund

The UK World Naked Bike Ride fund meets the cost of insuring rides
across the UK, and provides local organisers with money for
poster/flyer printing, advertising, ride equipment etc.
Please give generously.

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Next ride

Date: Sunday 12 June 2011
Time: 12 noon
Location: The Level, Brighton, BN2 3FX

Ride details

Schedule 12 noon: Bike/body decoration and lunch Live music by The Iron Boot Scrapers 1pm: Assembly 1.30pm: Ride starts 3.30pm/4pm (approx): Ride finishes with sea swim and beach picnic Live music by Karma Food and drink Please make sure you're well-fed at the start of the ride. If necessary, bring lunch to eat at the Level, plus snacks and water for the ride. Bike and body decoration Please bring decorations and body paint Route Route map showing start, end and rest points The route goes via central Brighton and Hove, past a number of local attractions (Brighton Pier, The Royal Pavilion, the seafront etc), before finishing at Black Rock naturist beach where we can have a post-ride swim and picnic. Weather Check local weather at the following sites: BBC Metcheck Met Office Weather.co.uk

Getting there If you live out of town, please try to use sustainable transport to get to the start of the ride (eg: train, bus, car share, bio-diesel or electric vehicle). Please note that most buses don't take bikes (apart from folding bikes). You can check various options at: National Rail Enquiries (trains) Traveline South East (buses and trains) Lift Share (car sharing) Car Share (car sharing) Bike hire If you haven't got a bike, the following shops are offering 10% discounts on the day of the event to people who quote 'Brighton Naked Bike Ride': M's Cycle Hire Bikes delivered to hirers. Please call to arrange at least 4 days in advance Tel: Maria 07852 986165 / John 07852 986163 Planet/Sunrise Cycles‎ (next to West Pier), Kings Road, Brighton, BN1 2FL Tel: 01273 748881 Accommodation If you're taking part in the ride, and need somewhere to stay in Brighton for the weekend of the event, £10 discounts are available at the Ambassador Hotel. Just make an online booking, enter the voucher code NAKEDBIKE11, and you'll get £10 off any booking between 10-13 June 2011. The hotel's blog also has information on what's happening in the city.

Publicity

Flyers

Double-sided flyers now available, with full information about the ride:

• A8 mini flyers
  (business card size, 8 fronts / 8 backs to an A4 sheet, work-and-turn)
  Attach to bikes, hand out as business cards
• A6 postcard flyers
  (postcard size, 2 fronts / 2 backs to an A4 sheet, work-and-turn)
  Leave in shops (esp. bike shops!), cafés, noticeboards etc

Posters

A4 poster available in three versions (enlarge to A3 for added impact!):

• Girl design
• Boy design
• Full info design

Put up in shops (especially bike shops!), cafés, bars, pubs etc

Download Adobe Reader to view and print these PDF files

Pre-ride events

Planning meetings

Planning meetings to discuss this ride will take place at least once a month in the months leading up to the ride, starting in January. Please come along if you'd like to get involved!

For further information, see Upcoming

Tuesdays 24 May and 7 June 2011, 7.30pm
Brighton Tavern, 99-100 Gloucester Road, Brighton, East Sussex, BN1 4AP

Probably the last planning meetings before the ride!

Future meeting date/s (same venue): Late June 2010? (post-ride meeting), Early 2012 (start of 2012 ride planning)

Test ride

Sunday 22 May 2010, 1pm
The Level, Union Road, Brighton BN2 3FX

Meet up for the (clothed) test ride, or to go from there to make banners at the Lewes Road Community Garden.

Post-ride events

Post ride beach picnic

Sun 12 June 2011, approx 3.30pm/4m (after the Brighton ride)
Black Rock naturist beach, Kemp Town, Brighton

There will be a swim and beach picnic at the end of the Brighton ride.
Please bring food and drink to share.

Midsummer Skinny Dip at the Pells

Sat 16 July 2011, 7.30pm–10.30pm
Pells Pool, Brook Street, Lewes, BN7 2BA (map)

Third annual clothes-optional open-air swim, social and picnic
presented by the Brighton Naked Bike Ride planning group

Further details to come...

Get involved!

Ride on the day

Please show your support for this event and its message by riding "as bare as you dare" on the day. For more information on what to bring etc, visit the Joining a ride page.

Spread the word

The more people know about the ride, the more will come. The more people come and ride, the more successful the event will be, and the safer riders will feel.

Help organise and promote this ride

To really make this ride happen, please get involved in organising and promoting the ride. See the Brighton & Hove planning notes for more information on jobs required.

Media coverage, Photos, Video, History

See media coverage, photos, video and history pages.

Links

A list of links related to this ride is also maintained at the Brighton Naked Bike Ride Yahoo! group.

More information on the Brighton & Hove ride is available at:

Website/s

• Brighton Naked Bike Ride wiki site (this page!)
• Brighton Naked Bike Ride (official site)

Discussion group/s

• Brighton Naked Bike Ride Facebook group (join us!)
• Brighton Naked Bike Ride Facebook page (become a fan!)
• Brighton Naked Bike Ride Yahoo! group
• WNBR UK Yahoo! group

Endorsements

The following Brighton bike organisations have sponsored our flyers and provided other support:

• Bike For Life: Cycle confidence training
• The Bike's The Business: Bike courier company
• Cranks: DIY bike workshop
• G-Whizz Cycles: Hove second-hand cycle emporium and workshop

We are also supported and endorsed by:

• Green Van Hire: Provided a grass-covered, bio-diesel support van on the 2009 ride (and plan to do so again in 2010)
• Magpie Recycling: Brighton recycling cooperative who will be providing their bio-diesel flatbed truck for the 2010 ride
• Press Dispensary: Press agency that produced and distributed our press releases
• Vinylla: Brighton fetish club night

Listings

• AA
• Bike Events
• Bike For Life
• Bike Hub
• Bike Week
• Brighton & Hove Council: events diary, annual outdoor events
• Brighton Activist
• Brighton Green Pages
• British Cycling
• Eventbrite
• Facebook
• Festival Eye
• Free-events.co.uk
• Green Events
• SchNEWS Party & Protest Guide
• Sustrans
• Transition Brighton & Hove
• Upcoming
• View Brighton
• Where Can We Go
• What's On When
  • Syndicated to [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9], [10], [11], [12], [13], [14], [15]
  • Also: [16], [17], [18], [19]
• Yahoo! group: Brighton Naked Bike Ride (also on home page)

Related rides

• Critical Mass Brighton
• Low Tide Bike Ride

Related interest groups

See the Related Interest Groups section of the Brighton Naked Bike Ride Yahoo! group. Please add links here to sites that you think are appropriate.

Location information

• Maps of Brighton & Hove: Streetmap.co.uk / ViaMichelin / Google Maps
• Wikipedia: Brighton & Hove
• Wikipedia: Brighton
• Wikipedia: Hove
• Wikipedia: East Sussex